Heel for boots and shoes.



PATENKTED 0012s, 1906.

w. H. TAYLOR. HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.-

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. '1. 1904.

-WlLLIAM TAYLOR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR', BY DIRECT AND MESN E ASSKJrNMENlS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY,

OF PATERSON NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1900.

Application filed January 7,1904. Ecrial No. 188,108-

Toall, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boots or shoes,

and more particularly to heels for boots and shoes.

It has for its general object to provide an improved construction of heel which will permit heels of the class hereinafter referred to to be firmly secured to boots or shoes.

Where the several lifts of a heel are attached to a shoe by nails driven in a direction perpendicular to the lifts, certain forms of heels cannot be attached. securely. EX-

amples of these are found more particularly in the tapered or curved heels of ladies" shoes in which the top lift and outer lifts may be of considerably less-area than the heel-seat lift and in which it may be desirable to undercut the rear or to hollow the breastof the heel. When the nails to secure these forms of-heels are driven in a, direction perpendicular to the lifts, considerable portions of some of the lifts remain unperforated by the nails, and as a result the heels are insecurely attached.

It is the object of the present invention to avoid-this objection and soto attach the heel that it will befirmly secured in place. 7 My invention consists in a boot or shoe in which this result is obtained by inserting the nails in the heel in a position inclined from the tread-face of'the heel toward the rear of the heel, the inclination of the nails being uniform, so that they lie in a parallel relation and the nails being arranged over substantially the entire area of the tread-face of ends of the inclined nails, which the heel. Preferably the nails are driven throughthe heel into the heel-seat of the shoe, and their points are clenched toward the rear of the heel. A top lift may be secured tothe heel by being spanked on the may project from'the face of the heel'for this purpose.

The drawing shows in section a portion of a shoe embodying my invention and also parts of-a machine which may be employed in attaching the heel.

The machine, parts of which are shown in being uniform, so that they the drawing, is not claimed in this application, it being embraced inmy applications, Serial Nosz 188,109 and'219,981, filed Janue ary 7, 1904, and August 8, 1904, respectively.

In the drawing, A represents a heel of a form commonly applied to ladies shoes.- Aswill be observed, this heel is of considerable height, and its rear is undercut and the breast ,3 hollowed, the dotted line indicating the degree of concavity of the breast. The heel A is held on the sole 4 by nails 5, which are arranged so as to hold firmly all parts of the heel and prevent any opening between lifts, which would detract from the appearance of the heel. It will be apparent that with the form of heel shown the rear of the heel-would be insecurely attached by nails passing through the heel in a direction perpendicular to the lifts. I have accordingly given the nails 5 such an inclination as to conform substantially to the slant of the heel. As shown, the nails have a position inclinded from the tread-face of the heel toward the rear of the heel, the inclination, of the nails lie in a parallel relation. V

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the nails are driven from the outside of i the shoe, passing through the heel into the heel-seat of the shoe. It is desirable to clench the points of thc'nails toward the rear of the heel, SIIICO such an arrangement permits the ends of the nails to be clenched without liability of fracture, and also because the bent-over points of the nails in this position are less liable to be raised from contact with the inner face of the insole.

It will be apparent from the drawing that the inclination given the nails also permits the breast to be hollowed as desired. WVhcre the nails are perpendicular to the lifts, this operation of hollewing the breast is often. interfered with on account of the proximity ofthe nails to the breast The, stroke of the drivers 6 in the machine above referred to may be adjusted to leave the ends of the nails projecting above the face of the heel to secure a top lift, 2 to the heel. The inclination of the nails 5 is also advantageous in connection with the use of a top lift, since it permits the nails to be located nearer the breast of the top lift, and hence allows the top lift to be secured more firmly than is the case where it is spanked on-nails erpendicularly arranged;. Furthermore, t e inclined ends of the nails embedded in the top lift provide a more effective secu'rin means than nails having their endsperpendicular to the top lift.

Having described Ifly invention, what I claim as new,-and desire to secure b y Letters.

Patent of the United States, is-

1. A heel provided with a set of nails inserted at intervals over substantially the en tire area of the tread-face of the heel, said nails being inclinedfro n said face of the heel toward the rear of the heel, and a top lift spanked on the nd's of the inclined nails.

2. In a boot or shoe, a heel comprising a series of lifts secured to the boot or shoe by nails having a uniform inclination from the tread-face of the'heel toward the rear of the heel, said nails being arranged over substan- 2 0 tially the entire area of the tread-face of the heel;

3; In a boot or shoe, a heel secured to the boot or shoeby nails'inserted at intervals over substantially the entire area of the 25 In testimony whereof I affix my signature 30 in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. .TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

WM. F. FEATHER, CHARLES H. QUIGLEY. 

